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21 to be baked but wrapped in clean writing paper and laid under your head any Friday night. If the person dreams of music, she will wed those she desires, and that shortly; if of fire, she will be crossed in love; if of a church, she will die single. If anything is written, or the least spot of ink on the paper it will not do.

To know if any one shall enjoy thier love or not.

Take the number of the First letter of your name, the number of the planet, and the day of the week; put all these together, and divide them by thirty; if it be above it will come to your mind, and if below, to the contrary; and mind that number which exceds not thirty.

To know if a Child new-born shall live or not.

Write the proper names of the father and the mother, and of the day the child was born, and put to each letter its number, as you did before, and unto the total sum, being collected together, put twenty-five, and then divide the whole by seven ; and then if it be even the child shall die; but if uneven the child shall live.

To know if a Woman with Child shall have a Boy or Girl.

Write the proper names of the father and the mother, and of the month she conceived with child, and likewise adding all the